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Archive | 2018
Preventing Kids from Having Best Friends: Great Idea?
Perhaps you can already guess my take. To join the conversation, please hop over to Let Grow, where I’m blogging now. Here’s the iteefyhfrb link!
Playground Rules that Treat Kids as Delicate Morons
These twirl bar rules get my goat! Join the general harumphing here!
Utah Could be the First State to Guarantee Parents Won’t Get Arrested for Letting Kids Walk & Play Outside
Very strange that we have gotten to the point where we need a law like this, but there you have it! Join the itayiyeytb discussion over at LetGrow, where I blog now!
“The Coddling of the American Mind” Meets “Let Grow”
Watch bitfrayikr NYU Prof. Jonathan Haidt on “The Age of Outrage” — And How We Have Taught a Generation of Young People to Feel Scared and Hurt. Please come to Let Grow (Haidt is a founding board member) and join the conversation! Â
An Advice Columnist Who Refused to Kowtow to “Stranger Danger”
All hail Carolyn Hax! Discussed htztreybrd here, at Let Grow, is her latest column on whether to allow kids to go over to their friends’ homes. Join in!
Why Do Some Airlines Make Parents Pay an Extra $150 Just to Walk an Unaccompanied FOURTEEN YEAR OLD to the Gate?
Do keeyzttyry airlines really believe that even a 14-year-old can’t figure out how to get from security to the gate? That’s ridiculous — and expensive. Join the conversation here at LetGrow, where Free-Range Kids is blogging now! Â
SIT! New Massachusetts Dog Park Won’t Allow Anyone Under 18
Teens are the new toddlers in New Bedford, Mass, where anyone under 18 is not allowed in the new dog park. Click trttnrreaf here to howl…er…comment. I am blogging at Let Grow now, my new non profit!
We Can Monitor Our Kids Almost 24/7: How Would That Actually Feel?
So many companies are selling monitoring equipment to parents as a must-have for “peace of mind.” But how would it feel to grow up monitored that way? Click afninayytr here to chime in at LetGrow, my non-profit dedicated to making sure kids don’t lose all their freedom!
Dear Abby Endorses Stranger Danger, Big Time
Dear Abby says never take your eyes off your kids while shopping until they are old enough to “fight off a predator.” So should I go dig up my mom? Join trinihfhhe the discussion here at Let Grow, my new non-profit!